TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Day 2
Day two of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is packed with AI-focused sessions, an investors-only session, more roundtables, and more. Register now to save 50% on your pass.
Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is here at Moscone West in San Francisco. Explore innovative startups and solution providers in the Expo Hall, discover emerging technologies through live startup pitches, and use AI-powered matchmaking to connect with a community of 10,000+ founders, investors, startup teams, and technology leaders.
Whether you're looking for your next investment, finding solutions for your business, or gathering ideas to bring back to your team, there's plenty to discover today.
Today's focus is on artificial intelligence, with speakers including leaders from Nvidia, Waabi, Flock Safety and Recursive Intelligence, alongside full participation from Benchmark. Covers robotic conversations, artificial intelligence hardware, public safety, and venture capital.
Still deciding to come? Get your pass and join us for 50% off the original walking rate. Focus on discovery and networking with an Expo+ Pass, or choose an eligible conference pass to add breakout sessions, interactive panel discussions, and Q&As.
Registration: 8:00am - 5:00pm Badge pickup and in-person registration in Lobby Level 1. All times below are Pacific Time.
It is open from 8 am to 5 pm. On Level 2. Explore over 300 startups alongside technology partners and solution providers throughout the Expo Hall. See products in action, discover tools that can help your business grow, and talk directly to the teams behind them.
Meet potential customers and partners, explore investment opportunities, or compare solutions to challenges your team is facing. Give yourself time to explore companies beyond your area of interest.
To discover emerging startups, follow today's fast-paced enterprise plans and see how founders stake their claim. Whether you're building a company, seeking investment, or working on a startup team, be inspired by how others explain their products, demonstrate value, and capture attention.
Notice the companies and approaches that stand out, bring fresh ideas back to your team, and then meet with founders to explore potential opportunities.
Discover the ideas, business strategies and technologies shaping the startup ecosystem with a qualified conference pass. Check the full agenda for session times and the full Day 2 lineup.
Hear insights that can help inform your next business decision, investment thesis or product strategy. Today's highlights include:
Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance and the Future of Public Safety: Gareth Langley, Herd Safety
What We Believe Now: Benchmark's Jack Altman, Peter Fenton, Chetan Puttagunta, Everett Rendell, and Eric Visharia
When AI starts designing its own hardware: Anna Goldi and Azalia Mirhosseini, Iterative Intelligence
The Startup Battlefield continues with health technology and life sciences, plus enterprises and security, as contenders seek a spot in the finals and $100,000 in non-equity funding.
Check out what it takes to fund and grow a startup. Founders can refine their plans, investors can compare views on what makes a business viable, and startup teams can better understand the priorities that will shape their next phase of growth.
Consider what this discussion means for your business, portfolio, or team, and then compare views with other participants.
Series A in 2027: Jahanvi Sardana, Index Ventures; Shailendra Singh, 15th peak; and Janelle Teng Wade, Bessemer Venture Partners
How to Win When You're Not Building AI: Yuri Sagalov, Public Catalyst. Sean Sean, Billie Gifford; And Chris Yu, too
Build Mode Live: Building from Zero to One: Juliana Di Simone, Forela; Arul Nigam, Circuit Breaker Labs; and Courtney Young, MyoGene Bio
Unveiling the AI Disruptors 60: What Can the Next AI Do?: Parag Agrawal, Parallel Web Systems. Shay Greenfield, Greenfield Partners; Anand Kanappan, Patron; Alberto Tayotti, Reactor
Real Tokenmaxing: How the Best AI Companies Navigate a Multi-Model World: Mo Jomaa, Capital G. Vipul Ved Prakash, Together AI; and Zuzana Stamyroska, path
Building the next generation of AI giants: Jos Kheira, Blackstone N1
The Zero to 1K Playbook: How to Get Your First 1,000 Customers Without a Marketing Budget: Crystal Huang, GV (Google Ventures). Grant Lee, Gamma; and Elia Wallen, engine
So you have a best selling product. How is your company doing it again?: Maddie Holman, Courageous Ventures. Filipkalisen, Verkada
Tamar Yehoshua, Senior Director of Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence, Atlassian: Maddi Holman, Daring Ventures; Phillip Callisan, Verkada; and Tamar Yehoshua, Atlasian
Discover how artificial intelligence is moving into physical products and environments, with opportunities to explore practical applications, emerging markets, and deployment challenges. Plus, watch a live robot demonstration.
Building artificial intelligence systems when failure is not an option: Nathan Michael, Shield AI. Michael Taylor, General Motors; and Raquel Ortason, Wabi
Come, meet Stretch. A robot built for real life, not a show ring: Aaron Edsinger, Hello Robot
The bots are waiting for their ChatGPT moment. Here's what's standing in the way: Les Karpas, NVIDIA
Operations at the Edge: How Artificial Intelligence Works When the Cloud Doesn't: Ali Agha, FieldAI; Michelle Lee, Medra; and Aidan Madigan-Curtis, Eclipse Ventures
Artificial Intelligence Orbital Infrastructure Deployment: Devin Keldway and Blake Bullock, Aerospace, Jeff Thornburg, Portal Space Systems; and Johnny Dyer, Mayon Space
Humanoid Robots Have Arrived: Live and On Stage: Jonathan Hirst, Agile Robotics. And Zig, the humanoid robot
From Prototype to Production: Can It Really Be Scalable?: Kevin Patterson, Baster Robotics and Adrian McNeill, FoxGlow
Competition for AI-powered General Purpose Robots Skild: When AI meets the physical world: Varun Jain, SE Ventures. Deepak Pathak, Skild AI
Can we engineer the return of nature? : Ben Lam, great biological sciences.